Table of contents : Innovator’s Playbook: How to create great products, services & experiences that your customers will love! Contents My journey of discovery to innovation flow My journey 17 years later … What’s all this noise about design? Design takes over Jumping to solutions Why do they jump? Integrating the new design methods to improve innovation success rates Design thinking Business Model Generation Lean Startup Agile Development 1 Get Started Preparing your team Team makeup Team performance Defining the challenge and planning the project Project kick-off workshop The innovation opportunity Make it defined and engaging Write up final project challenge and brief Designing a physical space Wall space Permanency Plenary space 2 Discover 1. Conducting a knowledge review 2. Doing fresh empathy research Extreme customers Deprivation and disruption Multiple Sources Framework Be the customer Be with the customer Learn about the customer Customer immersion 3. Distilling key observations and findings 3 Distill insights What do I mean by ‘insight’? Insight generation method 1. Story tell 2. Synthesise 3. Prioritise 4. Craft 5. Test and check An example insight generation workshop plan 4a Ideate: Incubate & create Incubation 1. Build a firm understanding of the problem 2. Prime your brain 3. Get into a creative or incubative state Boosting creativity Creativity blocker 1: beliefs Creativity blocker 2: behaviours Creativity blocker 3: the brain Creativity blocker 4: state Creativity blocker 5: space 4b Ideate: Idea generation workshops Prepare 1. Involve the right people at the right time 2. Circulate the creative briefs 3. Develop your creative stimulus 4. Design and set up your space for the session 5. Find your facilitator Workshop Set the scene First burst Idea sprints Creative exercise gallery Harvest Idea canvas Showcase your top ideas Post-workshop debrief and prioritisation 5a Experiment: Desirability Prototype Concept boards Storyboard Roleplay Physical prototypes Test and learn Focus groups Debrief 5b Experiment: Feasibility and viability Business Model Thinking The Business Model Canvas Business Model Canvas versus Lean Canvas Modified Business Model Canvas 1. Target customer and insight 2. Solution 3. Channels 4. Customer relationships 5. Revenue streams 6. Key activities 7. Key resources 8. Key partnerships 9. Cost structure Business Model Design Step 1: Create a Business Model Canvas Step 2: Identify risks Step 3: Design experiments Step 4: Prototype and test Step 5: Capture learnings Iterate Next steps Over to you — your journey to innovation flow A repeatable method for innovation success When and where to apply it How long does it take? What’s next? About the author Index EULA